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Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer says it was a case of mission accomplished after Pakistan beat World Cup minnows Canada by 77 runs in their opening warm-up match in Trinidad on Tuesday.

He said Tuesday’s exercise was useful.

“We are happy as winning can become a habit. Everyone had a decent bowl and all the batsmen had a hit,” he said.

Pakistan bowled nine no-balls and delivered 11 wides in total of 25 extras. “The no-balls were a concern and is something we have to work on,” Woolmer said.

He said he had spoken to Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who bowled five no-balls and three wides during the game. “After I spoke to him, he bowled only one no-ball in four overs,” he explained.

Vice-captain Younis Khan opened the batting as Pakistan sought stability at the top of order. “It was skipper, Inzamam-ul-Haq’s, idea to move the middle order batsman to the top,” Woolmer said.

“Inzi came to me with the idea and we wanted to see Younis at the top of order. Don’t read much into it but it is something that we are looking at. We had players batting in different positions and this was all in a bid to get the right combination,” he added.

Source:The News

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